Capital with Addorsed Quadrupeds

late 1100s-early 1200s Overall: 32.7 x 39.4 x 27.7 cm (12 7/8 x 15 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1981

Monstrous images were prevalent in the decoration of religious buildings during the Middle Ages. Such images must have impressed, perhaps even terrified, the monks and visitors who spent much of their time within the cloister or church, a place of prayer, contemplation, and re...

Sculpture

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1916.1981
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